James Newman was supposed to represent the United Kingdom last year with the song “My last breath”. The BBC was silent for a long time, but eventually announced that he will represent the UK with “Embers” this year. At that time Newman had already had a big international hit with “Therapy”, a song by Armin van Buuren on which Newman provided the vocals. James is also the older brother of John Newman, for whom he also wrote songs. He also did that for Rudimental, Calvin Harris, Little Mix and the Backstreet Boys, among others. So it is not exactly a ‘nobody’ who represents the UK.
Eurovision 2026
🇧🇬 National: Bulgaria chose for Dara
Bulgaria will be represented by Dara. She was chosen out of eight finalists to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 February, out of three songs, one will be selected as her Eurovision Song.  final date: 31 JanuaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) 1 Roksana Kalimanku Denku 16 1 17 8      2 Mona Sila 17 6 23 3      3 Preyah Edelweiss 18 3 21 5      4 Mihaela Marinova Under pressure 19 7 26 3      5 Molec Vyatura 17 4 21 6      6 Dara Thunder 22 8 30 1      7 Innerglow Znak 16 2 18 7      8 Kerana & Cosmonauts  Nyama 18 5 23 4       semifinal date: 24 JanuaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) * Dara  25 14 39 1      * Dara Ekimova  21 4 25 12      * Dia  18 3 21 13      * Elizabet  18 1 19 15      * Fiki  21 7 28 9      * Innerglow  22 9 31 7      * Kerana & Cosmonauts  23 10 33 6      * Mihaela Fileva  22 6 28 9      * Mihaela Marinova  24 13 37 2      * Molec  24 12 36 3      * Mona  19 15 34 5      * Preyah  24 11 35 4      * Roksana  23 8 31 7      * Vall  19 2 21 14      *  Veniamin  21 5 26 11       The selected artist for Bulgaria sings 3 songs. A combined 5 member jury and an online voting decide who represents Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The show starts at 20.00 CET and you can watch it at BNT. final date: 28 februaryPlace: BNT Studio 1, SofiaHosts: Georgi Lyubenov, Boryana Gramatikova & Vladimira Ilieva (backstage) *            *            *           Â
January 31, 2026
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